Based on the much-loved children’s book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, Revolting Rhymestakes the classic fairy tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella, then mixes them together and serves them with a mischievous twist.

DeKalb Elementary

(dir. Reed Van Dyk, US, 21min)

Inspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Eleven O’Clock

(dir. Derin Seale, writer Josh Lawson, Australia, 13min)

The delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control.

My Nephew Emmett

(dir. Kevin Wilson, Jr., US, 20min)

At 2:30AM on August 28, 1955 in the most racially divided state in the country, 64 year-old Mose Wright tries to protect his 14 year-old nephew Emmett Till from two racist killers out for blood. Based on the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Louis Till.

The Silent Child

(dir. Chris Overton, writer Rachel Shenton, UK, 20min)

The Silent Child centers around a profoundly deaf four year-old girl named Libby who is born into a middle-class family and lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her the gift of communication.

Watu Wote: All of Us

(dir. Katja Benrath, Germany, 22min)

For a decade Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks of the Al-Shabaab. An atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust between Muslims and Christians is growing. Until in December 2015, Muslim bus passengers showed that solidarity can prevail.